UFC 48

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2004

UFC 48: Payback

The poster for UFC 48: Payback

Information

Promotion

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Date

June 19, 2004

Venue

Mandalay Bay Events Center

City

Las Vegas, Nevada

Attendance

10,000 (Paid: 6,528)^[1]

Total gate

$901,655^[1]

Buyrate

110,000^[1]

Event chronology

UFC 47: It's On!

UFC 48: Payback

UFC 49: Unfinished Business

UFC 48: Payback was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 19, 2004, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and was later released on DVD.

History

The featured contestants of the evening were Ken Shamrock and Kimo Leopoldo, who had met once before in 1996 in a UFC title fight at UFC 8, with Shamrock reigning victorious. The event was very successful, as it drew more pay per view buys than the highly anticipated match between Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz one event earlier at UFC 47.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Ken Shamrock	def.	Kimo Leopoldo	KO (knee)	1	1:26
Welterweight	Frank Trigg	def.	Dennis Hallman	TKO (punches)	1	4:15
Heavyweight	Frank Mir	def.	Tim Sylvia	Technical Submission (armbar)	1	0:50	^[a]
Welterweight	Matt Hughes	def.	Renato Verissimo	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Evan Tanner	def.	Phil Baroni	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Preliminary card
Lightweight	Matt Serra	def.	Ivan Menjivar	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Trevor Prangley	def.	Curtis Stout	Submission (neck crank)	2	1:05
Welterweight	Georges St-Pierre	def.	Jay Hieron	TKO (punches)	1	1:42	^[b]

^ For the vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship. Referee Herb Dean called a stop to the bout when he noticed a break in Sylvia's arm which appeared to Sylvia and the audience as an early stoppage; it was later revealed that Sylvia had indeed suffered multiple fractures to his right forearm.^[2]
^ Hieron was a late replacement for Jason "Mayhem" Miller, who had withdrawn from the card due to ongoing legal problems.

Fighter Payout

The total fighter payroll for UFC 48 was $586,000.^[3]

Ken Shamrock: $170,000 ($120,000 to fight; $50,000 to win)
Matt Hughes: $110,000 ($55,000 to fight; $55,000 to win)
Frank Mir: $90,000 ($60,000 to fight; $30,000 to win)
Kimo Leopoldo: $55,000
Tim Sylvia: $40,000
Evan Tanner: $30,000 ($15,000 to fight; $15,000 to win)
Phil Baroni: $20,000
Frank Trigg: $20,000 ($10,000 to fight; $10,000 to win)
Matt Serra: $16,000 ($8,000 to fight; $8,000 to win)
Renato Verissimo: $10,000
Georges St-Pierre: $8,000 ($4,000 to fight; $4,000 to win)
Trevor Prangley: $5,000 ($2,500 to fight; $2,500 to win)
Dennis Hallman: $4,000
Curtis Stout: $3,000
Jay Hieron: $3,000
Ivan Menjivar: $2,000

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "UFC 48: Payback". Tapology.com. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
^ Gross, Josh (2004-06-19). "Sylvia's Break is Mir's Fortune; Shamrock KO's Kimo". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
^ Trembow, Ivan (2004-10-17). "Full Breakdown of Fighter Salaries for UFC 46, UFC 47, UFC 48, and UFC 49". MMAWeekly.com. Ivan's Blog. Retrieved 2012-10-20.